Leicester City: Rogers 'focused' on Champions League

Leicester City Northern Irish Manager Brendan Rogers. Photo: Adrian Dennis/Pool via Getty Images

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has "no doubt" his team can secure a return to the Champions League.

The Foxes, who won the Premier League in
2016, have made a slow start to the resumption of the campaign, drawing twice and losing at Everton.

But a 3-0 home win over Crystal Palace on Saturday leaves them in third place.

"We have to stay in this period and focus on the next game," Rodgers said. "Hopefully by the end of the season we achieve the objective and the dream."

The Foxes, who finished ninth last term, last played in the Champions League in 2017 when they reached the quarter-finals, after their Premier League title win under Claudio Ranieri.

Rodgers, who took charge in February 2019, says his team has the capability to return to Europe's elite competition. "There's no doubt, we have shown over 33 games our talent," he said.

"OK, we're maybe missing some players but as a squad we're very focused on achieving it and we'll fight to the final whistle.

"What the players have done has been remarkable. I'm pretty clear on that and getting the perspective of it all."